Yale SOM Alumni Advisory Board

The Alumni Advisory Board is comprised of alumni who advise the dean and the school’s senior leadership on how to advance the values and mission of the school throughout the broader Yale alumni community.

Chair

Jill Govan Bauman ’87
CEO Emeritus and Co-Founder, Social Benefit 
Imagine L.A.

Vice Chair

Victor Padilla-Taylor ’15
Director of Mentor, Advisor, and Partner Networks
Tsai CITY
Yale University

Secretary

Meelendra Singh ’20
Senior Product Manager, Consumables
Amazon

Directors at large

Bukky Akomolafe ’14
Country Manager
Travelstart

Joseph Brandifino ’18
Vice President of Security
Iyuno

Jeremy Deutsch ’20 M.B.A
Shareholder
Cozen O’Connor

Richard Dietrich ’97
President
Dietrich American Foundation

Todd Jorgenson ’20
Director at Large; Arizona Implant & Periodontal Center
Co-Founder and Chairman; National Security Index

Jonathan Kim ’00 
Senior Vice President; Law Firm Principal
Zanbato Securities, LLC; Jonathan B. Kim, P.A.

Vivian Li ’13
Founding Partner of Beijing DRGs Tech Co., Ltd.
Director of Yale Healthcare Club of China

Dorothy Liu ’92 
Founder & Principal
Resonant Strategies, LLC

Robert Lucas ’23
Financial Officer
World Bank

Paige MacLean ’98
Independent Philanthropic Advisor; Lecturer in the Practice of Management and Fellow, Program on Social Enterprise, Innovation, and Impact
Yale School of Management

Christine Opoku ’22
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Genpact

Chetan Parekh ’06
Vice President & General Manager
Procter & Gamble

Lee Race ’93
Yale School of Management
Interim Director Alumni Communications & Marketing

Gilbert Santa Maria ’91
Partner
LSM Ventures, LLC

Preeti Sinha ’97 
Chief Strategist

Jessica Strauss ’09
Deputy Director
Government of Canada

Pascal Su ’22
Vice President
Pathway Capital Management

Stuart Tarmy ’87
Global Director
Financial Services Industry Solutions for Aerospike

Julia Ying Zhu ’98
Advisor
SwitchOn Technology Co. Ltd.

Ex Officio Members

Kerwin K. Charles
Indra K. Nooyi Dean & Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Economics, Policy, and Management
Yale School of Management

Joel A. Getz
Deputy Dean for Alumni, Development, and Special Initiatives
Yale School of Management

Courtney Lightfoot
Managing Director, Alumni Relations
Yale School of Management

YAA Delegates

Peter Shi ’23 MMS

Maya Chitra Mylavarapu,’11 MBA

Xiran Du ’12 MBA   

Ernesto Mendez Chiari ’19 MAM

Victoria Pham ’16 MBA

Alumni Fund Chair

Rebecca Vitas Schamis ’00
General Manager
Theodore’s Books

Have a question or interested in volunteering – or just want to share your perspectives? We want to hear from you! Feel free to contact the Yale SOM Alumni Advisory Board at ysomaab@gmail.com